Month: May 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Mike Abbate, the director of Portland Parks & Recreation, has announced his resignation. The Oregonian/OregonLive…

(Update: Adding St. Charles statement on job reductions, 344 current openings) Despite a still-growing Central Oregon economy, the region’s…

On Monday, fire professionals from around the country and the world gathered in the Deschutes National Forest near Sunriver to conduct a prescribed…

May is the perfect time to create a circle of safety around your home to protect it from wildfire. That’s one reason May is Oregon Wildfire…

SEATTLE (AP) – A group of environmental activists erected four large teepees Monday on a busy Seattle street to protest tar sands projects and…

City managers from across Central Oregon came together Monday to discuss how growth is affecting their cities, in both unique and common ways. The…

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Today was beautiful! Temperatures were in the mid to upper 70s, which is well above average. We’ve seen sunny…

If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning continued ignitions south of Sisters near the Milli Fire…

Oregon leaders Romy Mortensen, Roberta (Bobbie) Conner and Peter D. Nickerson have been elected to serve four-year terms on the board of directors of…

Brooks Resources Corporation , a Bend-based real estate development company, announced Monday they have closed on their purchase of the property…

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think lawmakers should give small business more tax breaks at their special…

The Bend Park and Recreation District and the City of Bend are partnering to facilitate easier access to Drake Park this summer. With a new,…

SALEM (AP)–Federal and state funds totaling $1 million have been set aside to study a new endangered species protection plan in Oregon forests,…

Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement Monday after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s announcement that the…

UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) – Three data centers being constructed in Umatilla County for use by an Amazon data center subsidiary are creating tension…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon will soon have a new chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Oregon law limits the term of a chief justice to…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Recent figures indicate a new initiative in a southern Oregon county to keep people in jail who regularly skip their court…

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Monday it is seeking applicants to fill 68 open positions on the state’s 23 agricultural and…

Mark Linville of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) received the 2018 Senior Trooper Maria Mignano Dedication to…

Transparent transistors fabricated onto the sharp curves of a tiny glass tube are paving the way toward a therapeutic advance for the nearly 10…